The five of them walked through the remaining area of poppy fields. Lion, Scarecrow and the Tin Man walked ahead arm in arm.
Dean and Abby walking slightly behind hand in hand.
"So, this is crazy huh?" Dean spoke his brow furrowing at the faint singing coming from ahead
"Definitely" Abby nodded "Honestly though I half expected Sam to be here"
Dean snorted "Yeah, he'd be the Scarecrow" he grinned
"Definitely" she agreed
They fell into a comfortable silence.
"Come on!" Scarecrow called as he, Lion and the Tin Man skipped to the gate of the Emerald City.
They approached the door as a group, Abby looked at each of them "Well" she said "Here goes nothing" she pulled the tasselled cord of the bell.
Moments later a small window opened and a man stuck his head out and looked at them.
"Who rang the bell?" he asked
Dean shared a look with the others when Abby spoke "We did" she told him
"Can't you read?"
"Read what?" asked Scarecrow
"The notice" the doorman told them rolling his eyes slightly
Dean frowned in confusion "What notice?" he asked
"It's on the door" he stated signalling "As plain as the nose on my face. It" he leant over a little and looked "Oh"
Abby looked at Dean as the doorman disappeared, reappearing and hanging a sign on the door before closing the window after disappearing again.
"Bell out of order. Please knock" Tin Man read
"Oh give me a break" Dean sighed before bringing his fist up and pounding "The bell worked"
"I know" Abby told him as the doorman reappeared
"Well, that's more like it. Now state your business" the doorman looked at them expectantly
"We want to see the Wizard" Abby, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion spoke at the same time
"Creepy" Dean muttered
"Oh, the Wizard?" the doorman questioned "But nobody can see the Great Oz, nobody's ever seen the great Oz. Even I've never seen him"
"Well, how do you know there is one?" Dean asked
"Because" the doorman looked directly at him "I... Oh, you're wasting my time"
"Please" Abby spoke before he disappeared again "It's important" she paused "The Good Witch of the North sent me"
"Prove it" the doorman challenged
"She's wearing the ruby slippers she gave her" Scarecrow pointed out signalling to Abby's feet
"Oh so she is" the doorman exclaimed "Well, bust my buttons why didn't you say that in the first place? That's a horse of a different colour! Come on in"
x-x
They stepped back as the door suddenly began to open slowly. There were a lot of people moving around inside, the city was bustling as they stepped inside.
As they walked forward a coach driver pulled up.
Dean stared at the horse, his face going from confusion to surprise and back to confusion as the horse gradually changed colour.
"Huh" he mused to himself "Colour changing horse, now I know I've seen everything"
"Cabby! Cabby! Just what you're looking for" the coach driver smiled "Take you any place in the city we does"
"Well, would you take us to the Wizard?" Abby asked
"The Wizard? The Wizard? I... Can't... Well... Yes, of course. But first I'll take you to a little place where you can tidy up a bit... What?"
"Thank you" Abby smiled "We've been through the ringer, and to be honest I need to" she paused and saw the horse "To uh"
"So kind of horse is that anyway?" Dean asked running a hand over it's neck as it changed from orange to pink "Aint seen nothing like this before"
"No, and never will again I fancy" the coachman smiled "There's only one of him, and he's it. He's the Horse of a Different Colour you've heard about"
They climbed into the cab and they set in motion, driving at a steady pace around the city as the coachman sang his song.
Dean taking no pleasure in the singing, the distaste evident in his demeanour and body language, sitting up when he saw some girls waving.
"Hey" he smiled nodding in their direction. "How are you?" he waved slightly at one particular girl "Nice. What?" he asked as Abby kicked his ankle
"Nothing"
x-x
They left the Scarecrow with some masseurs, Tin Man being polished and the Lion being groomed.
Abby relaxed in the chair as her hair was done and her nails were done. "This is awesome" she smiled
"Sure it is" Dean sighed trying to tug his hand free from a beautician only to be smacked across the back of it with a file "Ow, dammit"
"Dean will you just try and relax?"
"Abs, don't know if you noticed but I'm having my nails done. This is not relaxing, it's hell. No I lie, I've seen hell, this, this is worse"
"Just keep it to yourself then" she closed her eyes "I'm enjoying it"
He rolled his eyes and looked at the woman currently wielding a pair of nail clippers "You put those anywhere near me, see what happens"
x-x
After being primped and preened they all met back up in the square.
Abby had her hair pinned up and a clean dress.
"Look at you guys" she smiled as a shiny Tin Man, groomed Lion and well stuffed Scarecrow approached.
"Stupid Oz, I'm going to kill Sam" Dean was muttering as he tugged at his collar
"Dean" Abby scolded "Quit it"
"Oh I'm sorry" he replied "Look at me, I look like a freak"
She eyed up the white starched shirt and the black slacks with green down the sides of the legs, a green belt round his waist.
"You look adorable" she bit back a chuckle
"I look like a freaking Christmas nutcracker soldier freak"
"Whatever" she sighed before turning her attention to the sky like others when they heard a commotion
"Who's her?" Lion asked "Who's her?" he looked at the others
Abby's eyes widened "It's the witch!"
"Can't that female take no for an answer?" Tin Man asked
Dean opened his mouth to say something, closing it he cocked his head to the side and raised a brow at Tin Man's comment and shook his head "Can't beat that one"
"Surrender Abigail or die! W. W. W." a voice read out the note that had been written in the sky above the city.
Dean glanced over at two women who were looking to the sky.
"Abigail?" one asked the other "Who's Abigail?"
"The Wizard will explain it" the other replied
Dean had stepped forwards standing behind Abby, his hands on her shoulders
"To the Wizard!" a man yelled
"To the Wizard!" another called as the people began running around in the background
"What are we going to do?" Abby asked a little worried as she didn't know what could happen in this world, Dean flexed his fingers on her shoulders in reassurance
"Well" Scarecrow paused "We'd better hurry if we're going to see the Wizard"